The Department of the Interior today announced its preferred alternative for the proposed Izembek land exchange and road, choosing the No-Action Alternative and acknowledging that the land exchange and construction of this unnecessary road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge would damag

“Senator Murkowski’s energy plan is a lesson in ignoring inconvenient truths. It flat out ignores any harmful effect of global climate change. It ignores the vast swaths of unused acreage that the oil and gas industry has already leased.

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The legislation (H.R. 361 in the House and S. 112 in the Senate) would protect more than 22,000 acres of wilderness adjacent to the existing Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area and nearly 30 miles of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and 10 miles of the Pratt River as Wild and Scenic Rivers.

The Record of Decision for the Arizona Restoration Design Energy Project (RDEP) is a forward-thinking planning initiative that will help to guide and incentivize low-conflict renewable energy development in Arizona.

"Secretary Salazar has shown much-needed leadership for conservation at the Department of the Interior, including the opportunities to protect our wild places through the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, his efforts to restore balance to a broken oil and gas leasing program, and h